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Despite claims, Ikea Israel refuses to deliver to Palestinians in West Bank while serving settlers

New information reveals that Ikea refuses home delivery to Beit Sahour near Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank.

Israel forces mother to bring up children by phone

Ramallah
5 November 2012

Israeli policy has split countless Palestinian spouses while parents have been forcibly separated from their children.

Gaza real estate ads among many gems in Sydney photo show

Nick Shimmin
Sydney
16 October 2012
A provocative art exhibition confronts Western prejudices about Arabs.

Sparrows successfully break through Gilboa prison "bird checkpoints," writes Ameer Makhoul

The Israeli Prison Authority fails to block sparrows from entering Gilboa Prison square, reports Ameer Makhoul.

Palestinians risk death to work without permits in Israel

Jillian Kestler-D'Amours
Ramallah
26 September 2012
As Israel dismantles Gaza’s economy, job opportunities also shrink for the West Bank’s Palestinians.

Artists, writers respond to "vile city" of Ramallah in new book

Sarah Irving
6 September 2012
In Ramallah, Running is a set of visual and written thoughts, questions and responses about the city of Ramallah.

Palestine’s own Liberation Day is coming

Roqayah Chamseddine
Ft. Worth
23 July 2012
Despite Israel’s ruthless violations of their basic human rights and the theft of their land, Palestinians continue to remain steadfast in their uncompromising struggle against occupation.

Exhibition review: when lemons have more freedom than humans

Sarah Irving
9 July 2012
An exhibition at Amman’s Darat al Funun explores varying responses to decades of conflict in the Middle East, in which the Palestinian people have often played an involuntary and tragic role.

London activists protest G4S abuses, complicity in Israeli occupation

Palestine solidarity activists on Thursday protested the annual general meeting of G4S, the massive British-Danish private security company heavily invested in Israel and its colonial West Bank settlements.

Drones provide backdrop to Bible-inspired play by Palestinian writer

Sarah Irving
6 June 2012
A new play takes a poetic, violent, poignant take on the Biblical story of Abraham.

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